Moving home is a perfect time to sort out all your Bedroom Furniture; deciding what to keep and what to get rid of, be very picky and be ruthless. Donate what you don't want to charity shops, or recycle it.
If there are things you can't part with but don't want directly in any room, simply box them up and put in the loft or a dry storage area, like a garage, storage shed or another storage solution.
Also remember whilst moving to label and pack all relevant items into boxes that are labelled accordingly to each room in the new home.
Maximising Bedroom Storage
Adding new Cupboards is one of the best ways to increase your Bedroom Storage. The following suggestions may increase your bedroom storage by using storage solutions elsewhere around the home.
- If you have any bay windows, consider having Window Seats built with hinged lids, hiding bedroom storage areas below.
- If you have a space under the stairs it might benefit you than it being excavated, even if there is a cupboard there already. Depending on what you want to keep there it may work better as a storage solution.
- Is there space in the attic that could be converted into a Cupboard Space?
- Is there unused storage space in the stairwell where shelves could be hung?
Rapid Storage Solutions
If your new home lacks storage space, then the following suggestions may help keep things tidy and compact until your Permanent Storage Solution is finalised.
- Some Coffee Tables come with built-in storage space and draws that are perfect for magazines and remote controls.
- Stylish Wooden Chests are great for stashing junk and can double as a coffee table or a storage space to put bed linens and towels.
- Wooden boxes look great on display on Sideboards, shelves and side tables and are a great storage space for odd bits.
- A wardrobe is a major investment and may dominate your bedroom. So if you don't use wardrobes for bedroom storage, consider using a clothes horse as temporary bedroom storage.
Bedroom Storage
- A small bedroom can be made to seem bigger by getting a Loft Bed. The space under it can be used for a desk or more bedroom storage.
- Exploit the area under the bed by using storage solutions such as boxes mounted on castors for easy access.
- Create a dual purpose spare room and home office by concealing shelves and files behind blinds.
Storage for Hallways
- Hallways should ideally be kept as clear as possible, yet they are still the most obvious place to keep coats, outdoor footwear, post and even bicycles.
- A Shaker-style peg rail provides an elegant and flexible storage space for hanging coats, umbrellas, even folding chairs.
- Find your keys with ease by investing in a wall-mounted magnet.
- Create extra storage space by boxing in the radiator.
- A Console Table is a handy display area and usually has drawers to hide keys, post and other paraphernalia.
- Keep the bike off the floor and out of the way, and prevent it from scuffing the walls by hanging it on bike brackets.
